Greeting- Cards, Rhymes, Sweetness and me #Daily Diary

"चला जा ग्रीटिंग चमकते चमकते 

 मेरी सहेली को कहना नमस्ते नमस्ते"

This is the message I received from one of my friends on WhatsApp four days ago. 😃 He probably had sent this as a matter of fun and it literally made me LOL. Then it reminded me of days when we used to do such things. Being a 90s kid, I have experienced the Greeting- Card era. Born in the age of landline phones, we had no convenience of sending a SMS or a WhatsApp Message. We had no easy access to Internet and sending greetings on email was rather a luxurious thing. Basically, expression of love & affection towards each other was not a matter of mere 'CLICK'. It used to take an effort of saving our pocket money, going to shops either to purchase ready-made Greeting- Cards or to purchase raw material to create a handmade Greeting- Card. We had an option to show more creativity by writing poetry or rhymes. The message I received from my friend, which made me write this post is that kind of rhyme. I remember the first New Year Greeting Card I had received when I was in second standard. Although it was a ready made card, she had shown her love by drawing a candle on the middle page. She also had written a rhyme:-

"ONE GLASS WATER, ONE GLASS BEER,

OH MY DEAR, HAPPY NEW YEAR... " 😂

I have no idea, it was her original or she had copied it from somewhere else, it was exhilarating 😍 and I must salute the creator of this rhyme. Hats off to all the creators of such rhymes, which are inseparable part of our childhood memories, and which used to make us feel special and which also used to awake our competitive- self by compelling us to think, "I would write a better poetry than this". 😅 Nevertheless, receiving such cards with poetry written over it was considered as recognition of our individuality. At least, I felt it that way. 

Gradually, we were introduced to technology. New options of wishing each other were made easily available. I neither miss the old times nor regret the changes; memories of Greeting- Cards and unique rhymes simply spread sweetness around me. I always smile whenever I think of that. So, thank you Mr. Friend for sending me that message on WhatsApp and thank you all my friends for giving me any Card ever. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020 
may our lives be filled with sweetness & love...

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